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The Return of the Seventy-Two

17 The seventy-two[a] returned with joy, saying, “Lord, in your name even the demons submit to us!”(A) 18 He said to them, “I watched Satan fall from heaven like a flash of lightning.(B) 19 Indeed, I have given you authority to tread on snakes and scorpions and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing will hurt you.(C) 20 Nevertheless, do not rejoice at this, that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven.”(D)

Jesus Rejoices

21 At that very hour Jesus[b] rejoiced in the Holy Spirit[c] and said, “I thank[d] you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants; yes, Father, for such was your gracious will.[e](E)

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Footnotes

  1. 10.17 Other ancient authorities read seventy
  2. 10.21 Gk he
  3. 10.21 Other authorities read in the spirit
  4. 10.21 Or praise
  5. 10.21 Or for so it was well-pleasing in your sight